different between surgical vs retractor

English

Etymology

From Middle English cirurgical, borrowed from Middle French cirurgical, from Medieval Latin cirurgic?lis, ultimately from Ancient Greek ?????????? (kheirourgía), from ???? (kheír, “hand”) + ????? (érgon, “work”). Replaced Old English Old English læce (“doctor, physician”). Cognate with Icelandic lækni (“medical”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??d??k?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?d??k?l/

Adjective

surgical (comparative more surgical, superlative most surgical)

1. Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
2. (figuratively) Precise or very accurate.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

retract +? -or

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???t?ækt?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t?ækt?/
• Rhymes: -ækt?(?)

Noun

retractor (plural retractors)

1. One who, or that which, retracts.
2. In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
3. (chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
4. A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
5. A bandage to protect soft parts of the body from injury by a surgical saw.
6. (zoology) A muscle serving to draw in any part.

Translations

Latin

Verb

retractor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of retract?

References

• retractor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Adjective

retractor (feminine retractora, masculine plural retractores, feminine plural retractoras)

1. retracting

Noun

retractor m (plural retractores)

1. retractor